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Dr David Brown
Curtin Research and Teaching Fellow
Fields of Interest
Synthetic organic, organometallic and coordination chemistry, azamacrocycles, N-heterocyclic carbenes, catalysis, immobilised catalysts, microreactors, biomaterials and polymer chemistry
Biography
- BSc(Hons) in Chemistry, The University of Western Australia (1996)
- PhD (Chemistry), The University of Western Australia (2001)
- 2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical and Process Engineering University of Sheffield
- 2003-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Selected Publications
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, V. J. Hesler, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, Synthesis of a Bis(NHC)Pd complex via oxidative addition of a C-C bond in a biimidazolium ion, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 250 - 252.
- M. V. Baker and D. H. Brown, “Tungsten compounds containing CO and/or isocycanides” in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, Vol. 5, pp. 597-722, K. H Theopold (Vol. Ed.), R. H. Crabtree and D. M. P. Mingos (Series Eds), Elsevier, Oxford, 2007.
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, Palladium, rhodium, and platinum complexes of ortho-xylyl-linked bis-N-heterocyclic carbenes: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity, J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 5845 - 5855.
- M. V. Baker and D. H. Brown, Azolium cyclophanes, Mini-Rev. Org. Chem., 2006, 4, 333 - 354.
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, R. Haque, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, Dinuclear N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of silver(I), derived from imidazolium-linked cyclophanes, Dalton Trans., 2004, 3756 - 3764.
- M. V. Baker, M. J. Bosnich, D. H. Brown, L. T. Byrne, V. J. Hesler, B. W. Skelton, A. H. White and C. C. Williams, Azolium-linked cyclophanes: A comprehensive examination of conformations by 1H NMR spectroscopy and structural studies, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 7640 - 7652.
- N. T. S. Phan, D. H. Brown and P. Styring, A facile method for catalyst immobilization on silica: nickel catalysed Kumada reactions in mini-continuous flow and batch reactors, Green Chem., 2004, 6, 526 - 532.
- N. T. S. Phan, D. H. Brown, H Adams, S. E. Spey and P. Styring, Solid-supported cross coupling catalyst derived from homogeneous nickel and palladium complexes, Dalton Trans., 2004, 1348 - 1357.
